HACKENSACK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hackensack University Medical Center (HackensackUMC) has awarded a
contract to utiliVisor for energy monitoring and optimization services
for the hospital’s central boiler plant.

“As a result of the
utiliVisor project, all future energy projects can be evaluated using
actual past plant performance data – and will be measured and verified
through utiliVisor’s web-based monitoring system.”

The project is being performed under a carbon abatement program offered
by PSE&G in New Jersey. The PSE&G Hospital Efficiency Program is a $129
million initiative that will fund installation of energy conservation
measures at some 35 hospitals in the utility’s service territory.
Through the program, PSE&G provides an investment-grade audit at no cost
to the customer, then proposes various cost effective energy
conservation measures that make a substantial impact on the hospital’s
energy efficiency and meet other program criteria, such as having a
simple payback of less than 15 years.

Under its contract, utiliVisor will install a web-based energy
monitoring system for the central boiler plant at HackensackUMC. The
system will feed “real time” data on the plant’s operations via the
internet to the company’s operations center, where experienced energy
engineers will perform energy analyses and recommend the most efficient
operating strategy at all load conditions. The data analyses will verify
the energy consumption for the central plant, enabling the equipment to
be fully optimized on an ongoing basis.

“We anticipate that monitoring the boilers at HackensackUMC will cut
overall gas usage by 10 percent, resulting in an annual savings of
$116,000 per year,” said Peter Angerame, utiliVisor’s Director of Sales.
“The total project payback will be achieved in less than one year, with
savings continuing to accrue well into the future.”

The central boiler plant monitoring is the second energy efficiency
project utiliVisor has performed at HackensackUMC. In 2010, the company
was awarded a contract to provide a customized web-based monitoring
system and operations center energy data analysis for the hospital’s
chilled water generation plant. During the first year of the project,
utiliVisor documented more than $475,000 of energy savings by analyzing
the performance of the chilled water plant in real time and making
operations recommendations to the hospital’s plant staff. The company
continues to work with the hospital staff to fine tune the chilled water
plant operations and energy savings for the second year of the project
are anticipated to meet or exceed the first year’s savings.

“UtiliVisor has not only been instrumental in helping HackensackUMC
reduce its carbon footprint, they have created the capital investment
needed for future energy projects on our campus,” said John Nesbitt,
Director of Infrastructure at HackensackUMC. “As a result of the
utiliVisor project, all future energy projects can be evaluated using
actual past plant performance data – and will be measured and verified
through utiliVisor’s web-based monitoring system.”

Founded in 1978, utiliVisor (formerly known as Utility Programs &
Metering) offers comprehensive energy monitoring and submetering
services, providing accurate, reliable solutions to boost efficiency and
lower energy consumption. The utiliVisor system is a web-based,
networked solution, built on open standards, that works in real time to
collect and format data, monitor operations and equipment errors, and
deliver oversight via web-based alerts and alarms. UtiliVisor services
more than 450 facilities nationwide and oversees more than 47,000
service data points, more than any other service provider in the United
States. It is also the largest submetering company in the tri-state New
York metropolitan area and an approved Meter Data Service Provider
(MDSP) for the State of New York. (www.utilivisor.com).

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